Apparatus for convective distillation of materials in solution with hot gas producedby combustion

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS COMPRISING A LOW PRESSURE EVAPORATION CHAMBER, A CONDENSATION CHAMBER HAVING A CONDENSATION SPACE AND COOLING CONDUIT MEANS IN HEAT TRANSFER RELATION WITH A VAPOR BEARING FLUID THROUGH SAID CONDUIT MEANS TO ABSORB HEAT FROM SAID VAPOR BEARING FLUID IN SAID CONDENSATION CHAMBER SPACE, MEANS FOR FLOW OF A COOLING FLUID THROUGH SAID COOLING CONDUIT MEANS TO ABSORB HEAT FROM SAID VAPOR BEARING FLUID IN SAID CONDENSATION CHAMBER SPACE; A POWER PRODUCING PLANT UTILIZING FUEL AND AIR COMBUSTION TO EFFECT POWER GENERATION, MEANS FOR FLOW OF GASES OF COMBUSTION FROM SAID POWER PRODUCING PLANT TO SAID LOW PRESSURE EVAPORATION CHAMBER FOR MOVEMENT THERETHROUGH IN HEAT TRANSFER RELATION BY INTIMATE AND DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE SOLUTION FOR SEGREGATION; MEANS FOR FLOW OF SAID COMBUSTION GASES FROM SAID LOW PRESSURE EVAPORATION CHAMBER WITH VAPORIZED SOLVENT FROM SAID SOLUTION TO SAID CONDENSATION CHAMBER SPACE; MEANS FOR FLOW OF SAID COMBUSTION GASES AFTER SUBSTANTIAL REMOVAL OF CONDENSED SOLVENT THEREFROM IN SAID CONDENSATION CHAMBER SPACE FROM SAID CONDENSATION CHAMBER SPACE AND DISCHARGE TO AMBIENT AIR; THE SAID POWER PRODUCING PLANT COMPRISING A STEAM GENERATING AND HEATING UNIT, A COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AIR AND FUEL THERETO FOR COMBUSTION THEREIN AND GAS PASSAGE MEANS FOR FLOW IN INDIRECT HEAT TRANSFER RELATION WITH SAID STEAM GENERATING AND HEATING UNIT, A STEAM ENERGIZED ENGINE MEANS WITH CONDUIT AND INLET MEANS IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID STEAM GENERATING AND HEATING UNIT FOR RECEIVING STEAM FROM SAID UNIT, THE SAID GAS PASSAGE MEANS HAVING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID LOW PRESSURE EVAPORATION CHAMBER FOR FLOW OF COMBUSTION GASES THERETO; THERE BEING PROGRESSIVE FLOW OF COMBUSTION GASES TO GENERATE AND HEAT STEAM, TO EVAPORATE LIQUID FROM THE SOLUTION FOR SEGREGATION AND TO CARRY THE VAPOR EVOLVED TO SAID CONDENSATION CHAMBER SPACE; SAID EVAPORATION CHAMBER HAVING MEANS TO REMOVE THE UNEVAPORATED PORTION OF SAID SOLUTION AND SAID CONDENSATION CHAMBER SPACE HAVING MEANS TO REMOVE CONDENSATE.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS COMPRISING A LOW PRESSURE EVAPORATION CHAMBER, A CONDENSATION CHAMBER HAVING A CONDENSATION SPACE AND COOLING CONDUIT MEANS IN HEAT TRANSFER RELATION WITH A VAPOR BEARING FLUID THROUGH SAID CONDUIT MEANS TO ABSORB HEAT FROM SAID VAPOR BEARING FLUID IN SAID CONDENSATION CHAMBER SPACE, MEANS FOR FLOW OF A COOLING FLUID THROUGH SAID COOLING CONDUIT MEANS TO ABSORB HEAT FROM SAID VAPOR BEARING FLUID IN SAID CONDENSATION CHAMBER SPACE; A POWER PRODUCING PLANT UTILIZING FUEL AND AIR COMBUSTION TO EFFECT POWER GENERATION, MEANS FOR FLOW OF GASES OF COMBUSTION FROM SAID POWER PRODUCING PLANT TO SAID LOW PRESSURE EVAPORATION CHAMBER FOR MOVEMENT THERETHROUGH IN HEAT TRANSFER RELATION BY INTIMATE AND DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE SOLUTION FOR SEGREGATION; MEANS FOR FLOW OF SAID COMBUSTION GASES FROM SAID LOW PRESSURE EVAPORATION CHAMBER WITH VAPORIZED SOLVENT FROM SAID SOLUTION TO SAID CONDENSATION CHAMBER SPACE; MEANS FOR FLOW OF SAID COMBUSTION GASES AFTER SUBSTANTIAL REMOVAL OF CONDENSED SOLVENT THEREFROM IN SAID CONDENSATION CHAMBER SPACE FROM SAID CONDENSATION CHAMBER SPACE AND DISCHARGE TO AMBIENT AIR; THE SAID POWER PRODUCING PLANT COMPRISING A STEAM GENERATING AND HEATING UNIT, A COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AIR AND FUEL THERETO FOR COMBUSTION THEREIN AND GAS PASSAGE MEANS FOR FLOW IN INDIRECT HEAT TRANSFER RELATION WITH SAID STEAM GENERATING AND HEATING UNIT, A STEAM ENERGIZED ENGINE MEANS WITH CONDUIT AND INLET MEANS IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID STEAM GENERATING AND HEATING UNIT FOR RECEIVING STEAM FROM SAID UNIT, THE SAID GAS PASSAGE MEANS HAVING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID LOW PRESSURE EVAPORATION CHAMBER FOR FLOW OF COMBUSTION GASES THERETO; THERE BEING PROGRESSIVE FLOW OF COMBUSTION GASES TO GENERATE AND HEAT STEAM, TO EVAPORATE LIQUID FROM THE SOLUTION FOR SEGREGATION AND TO CARRY THE VAPOR EVOLVED TO SAID CONDENSATION CHAMBER SPACE; SAID EVAPORATION CHAMBER HAVING MEANS TO REMOVE THE UNEVAPORATED PORTION OF SAID SOLUTION AND SAID CONDENSATION CHAMBER SPACE HAVING MEANS TO REMOVE CONDENSATE.